Support and supporting bracket of brassiere cup, brassiere cup and manufacturing method thereof

ABSTRACT

The disclosure relates to a support for a brassiere cup. The support has a shape partially surrounding a breast of a wearer, and has a three-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system. The disclosure also relates to a brassiere cup including said support, and a method for manufacturing a brassiere cup. In addition, the disclosure also relates to a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup, a brassiere cup including said supporting bracket, a method for manufacturing a supporting bracket, and a method for manufacturing a brassiere cup.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The disclosure relates to a support of a brassiere cup, and a supportingbracket of a brassiere cup. In addition, the disclosure also relates toa brassiere cup including said support or said supporting bracket, amethod for manufacturing a supporting bracket and a method formanufacturing a brassiere cup.

BACKGROUND

A conventional brassiere includes a pair of cups covering a breast of awearer, a connection between a left cup and a right cup, and astrap-like or wing-like connection connecting each of the cups andextending to a back of the wearer. Optionally, the brassiere may alsoinclude shoulder straps. Supporting strips, made of a metal or aplastic, i.e., generally called steel rings, are commonly arrangedwithin the cups to support the breast or shape the breast.

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US 2014/0302747 A1 discloses asupporting strip for a lower edge region of a brassiere cup, which has acurved, elongate portion. Said elongate portion extends between a medialend and a lateral end of the supporting strip. During this extendingprocess, the curvature of the elongate portion varies in athree-dimensional direction, and reduces towards the lateral end.

U.S. Pat. No. 9,198,468 B2 discloses a support component for attachmentto a lower edge of a bra, having a generally U-shaped body. The body isdefined in an x-direction, a y-direction, and a z-direction which aremutually perpendicular, and both ends of the body generally deflecttowards opposite directions.

U.S. Pat. No. 7,841,924 B2 discloses a brassiere cup underwire which isformed by a flexible plastics strip. Said flexible plastics strip has avaried crosswise dimension along its length so that the degree ofsupport offered by the underwire varies throughout its length.

U.S. Pat. No. 8,747,184 B2 discloses a support structure for placementin a lower periphery of a breast cup for a brassiere. Said supportstructure is shaped to follow the curve of the underside of a wearer'sbreast, and includes a harder strip-like first region and a softerperiphery region.

The supporting strip formed by a steel ring or a hard plastic cangenerate on the body of the wearer a pressure, which may inflame thebreast tissue of the wearer after a long time wearing of the brassiere,and even may cause bodily injury. In order to avoid inflaming the breastand causing an uncomfortable wearing experience, there exists abrassiere cup without a steel ring in the market, but the supporting,shaping and lifting functions of the existing brassiere without thesteel ring are not satisfactory.

In addition, lateral plates of the conventional brassiere cup arestraight and have a two-dimensional structure. The so-calledtwo-dimensional structure means that said lateral plates are in a sameplane when being flattened. Due to such a two-dimensional structure, theconventional lateral plates cannot match with the curved shape from thebreast to an armpit position and cannot provide a complete fitting and astrengthening effect. Similarly, a bottom supporting portion of theconventional brassiere cup is always straight and has a two-dimensionalstructure. The bottom supporting portion does not have a shapecorresponding to the radian of the breast root, thus it cannot provide acomplete fitting in a correct position of the breast root.

SUMMARY

An objective of the disclosure is to propose a supporting bracket of abrassiere cup, a brassiere cup including said support and a method formanufacturing a brassiere cup, so as to overcome at least one of theabove-mentioned problems existing in the prior art. Another objective ofthe disclosure is to propose a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup, abrassiere cup including said supporting bracket, a method formanufacturing a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup and a method formanufacturing a brassiere cup, so as to overcome at least one of theabove-mentioned problems existing in the prior art.

According to one aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed a supportof a brassiere cup, which has a shape partially surrounding a breast ofa wearer, and has a three-dimensional structure extending simultaneouslyalong x-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinatesystem.

Preferably, the three-dimensional structure of the support may at leastcover and fit a bottom part, an outer lateral part and an upper part ofthe breast of the wearer, the upper part extending from the outerlateral part to a top of the breast.

Preferably, the support may include an upper portion, a lower portionand a side portion which connects the upper portion and the lowerportion,

herein the lower portion fits the bottom part of the breast of thewearer; the side portion fits the outer lateral part of the breast; andthe upper portion fits the upper part extending from the outer lateralpart to the top of the breast, and

the upper portion, the lower portion and the side portion haverespective three-dimensional structures conforming to correspondinghuman body contours, respectively.

Preferably, the side portion may further partially cover and fit aportion extending from the outer lateral part of the breast to avicinity of the armpit.

Preferably, the width of the side portion of the support may be greaterthan each of the width of the upper portion and the width of the lowerportion.

Preferably, the support may have a solid sheet-like structure or awebbed sheet-like structure.

Preferably, the support may be a moulded plastic net or a mouldedplastic sheet.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed abrassiere cup including a cup body and a support provided inside the cupbody, which is the support as mentioned above.

In an embodiment the brassiere cup may include a fabric layer and asponge layer.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed asupporting bracket of a brassiere cup used for supporting a body of thebrassiere cup, the supporting bracket includes a support which has ashape partially surrounding a breast of a wearer, and which has athree-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction,y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.

Preferably, the three-dimensional structure of the support may at leastfit parts of the breast at a bottom edge, an inner lateral edge and anouter lateral edge of the breast.

Preferably, the support may include an inner lateral portion, an outerlateral portion and a bottom portion connecting the inner lateralportion and the outer lateral portion, herein shapes of the innerlateral portion, the outer lateral portion and the bottom portionconform to shapes of parts at the inner lateral edge, the outer lateraledge and the bottom edge of the breast of the wearer, respectively, andthus have three-dimensional structures conforming to corresponding humanbody contours, respectively.

Preferably, the support may further include a bracket body whichpartially covers and fits a part of the body from the outer lateralbreast of the wearer to a vicinity of an armpit of the wearer, and thushas a three-dimensional structure conforming to said part of the body.

Preferably, the outer lateral portion of the support may partially coverand fit a part of the body from the outer lateral breast of the wearerto a vicinity of the armpit, and thus have a three-dimensional structureconforming to said part of the body.

Preferably, the support may have a strip-like structure, a solidsheet-like structure or a webbed sheet-like structure.

Preferably, the support may be a moulded plastic net, a moulded plasticsheet, a moulded plastic strip or a moulded metal strip.

According to another aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed abrassiere cup including a cup body and a supporting bracket connected tothe cup body by stitching as mentioned above.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed amethod for manufacturing a brassiere cup, which includes the followsteps in sequence:

providing an outer pad;

moulding the outer pad by using a first mould;

providing an inner pad and a formable support;

placing the inner pad on a side close to a male die of a second mould,placing the moulded outer pad on a side close to a female die of thesecond mould, and placing the formable support between the inner pad andthe outer pad; and

closing the male die and the female die together so as to mould thebrassiere cup in a manner of lamination, such that the brassiere cup hasa three-dimensional structure extending simultaneously alongx-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinatesystem.

Preferably, the male die and the female die may have complementarythree-dimensional shapes which conform to a contour of a human breast.

Preferably, the formable support may be strip-like, sheet-like or webbedplastic or metal.

Preferably, the outer pad may be a sponge layer made of purepolyurethane sponge, or a sponge layer formed by lamination of purepolyurethane sponge and fabric.

Preferably, the inner pad may be a sponge layer made of purepolyurethane sponge, or a sponge layer formed by lamination of purepolyurethane sponge and fabric.

According to yet another aspect of the disclosure, there is proposed amethod for manufacturing a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup, whichincludes the follow steps in sequence:

providing an outer pad;

moulding the outer pad by using a first mould;

providing an inner pad and a formable support;

placing the inner pad on a side close to a male die of a second mould,placing the moulded outer pad on a side close to a female die of thesecond mould, and placing the formable support between the inner pad andthe outer pad; and

closing the male die and the female die together so as to mould thesupporting bracket in a manner of lamination, such that the supportingbracket has a three-dimensional structure extending simultaneously alongx-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinatesystem.

Preferably, the method may include connecting a cup body to a supportingbracket, which is obtained by the method as mentioned above, bystitching.

By means of the products and the manufacturing methods proposed by thedisclosure as mentioned above, the disclosure overcomes the drawbacks inthe prior art, thereby providing a sufficient lifting force andstrengthening lateral supporting of the breast without a rigidsupporting strip.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Preferable embodiments of the disclosure will be described below withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a front view of a brassiere cup in accordance with anembodiment of the disclosure.

FIGS. 2 and 3 are perspective views of the brassiere cup in accordancewith this embodiment, respectively shown in different points of view.

FIGS. 4-6 are front views of supports in accordance with differentembodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup inaccordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the supporting bracket in accordancewith this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of the supporting bracket in accordance withthis embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a supporting bracket of a brassiere cup inaccordance with another embodiment of the disclosure.

FIGS. 11-13 show a manufacturing process of a brassiere cup inaccordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, respectively.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring to FIG. 1, a front view of a brassiere cup 10 in accordancewith a first embodiment of the disclosure is illustrated.

The brassiere cup 10 includes a pair of cup bodies 200 and a pair ofsupports 300 provided inside the cup bodies 200.

The cup body 200 includes a fabric layer located outside and preferablyfurther includes a sponge layer located inside. The support 300 is of agenerally C-shaped shape partially surrounding a breast of a wearer, andpartially fits the breast. The shape of the support 300 at least coversand fits a bottom part, an outer lateral part and an upper part of thebreast, the upper part extending from the outer lateral part to a top.Preferably, the support 300 also partially covers and fits a portionextending from the outer lateral part of the breast to a vicinity of thearmpit. The outer lateral part here refers to the lateral part of thebreast close to the armpit.

Since the breast of the human is not a simple cylindrical, therefore thesupport 300 has a stereoscopic sheet-like structure. The support 300 hasa three-dimensional structure extending simultaneously alongx-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinatesystem. In other words, the support 300 fits a shape of the breast ofthe wearer simultaneously along x-direction, y-direction andz-direction. Such a three-dimensional structure is such that the support300 cannot be flattened in a plane. Therefore, the support 300 can havea hardness and rigidity far lower than that of a supporting strip,formed by a steel ring or a plastic strip, but could provide a wellsupporting and packing performance.

The support can have a solid sheet-like structure, such as a support 300illustrated in FIG. 4. Alternatively, the support can also have a webbedsheet-like structure. In this case, the support may include a pluralityof lines parallel or at an angle, such as a support 300′ illustrated inFIG. 5; or include a grid formed by crossed lines, such as a support300″ illustrated in FIG. 6.

The support 300 of the brassiere cup 10 includes an upper portion 310, alower portion 330 and a side portion 320 which connects the upperportion 310 and the lower portion 330. The lower portion 330 fits thebottom part of the breast; the side portion 320 fits the outer lateralpart of the breast; and the upper portion 310 fits the upper partextending from the outer lateral part to the top of the breast. Theupper portion 310, the lower portion 330 and the side portion 320 haverespective three-dimensional structures conforming to correspondinghuman body contours, respectively.

The width of a median portion of the C-shaped shape of the support 300can be designed to be greater than those of portions of both ends. Thatis to say, the width of the side portion 320 of the support 300 isgreater than each of the width of the upper portion 310 and the width ofthe lower portion 330. Preferably, the side portion 320 also partiallycovers and fits a portion extending from the outer lateral part of thebreast to a vicinity of the armpit. As such, the brassiere cup 10 couldprovide a well lateral supporting.

The brassiere cup 10 is connected to a wing sheet and a connection by amanner of stitching and so on, thus forming a brassiere. Herein, thewing sheet is connected to an outer lateral portion of the brassiere cup10 and fits around a back of the wearer, and a connection is connectedto two inner lateral portions of the brassiere cup 10 at a median offront face. Preferably, the brassiere may also include shoulder straps.The shoulder straps are connected to a top of the brassiere cup 10, andextend to the back passing a shoulder of the wearer to connect to thewing sheet.

The support 300 is preferably a moulded plastic net or a moulded plasticsheet.

Referring to FIGS. 7-9, a pair of supporting bracket 40 for supporting abody (not shown) of a brassiere cup in accordance with a secondembodiment of the disclosure is illustrated. The supporting bracket 40includes a bracket body 400 and a support 500. The supporting bracket 40is suitable for being connected to the body of the brassiere cup to formthe brassiere cup.

The bracket body 400 includes a fabric layer located outside and mayfurther include a sponge layer located inside. Preferably, the bracketbody 400 also partially covers and fits a portion extending from theouter lateral part of the breast to a vicinity of the armpit.

The support 500 is of a generally U-shaped shape partially surroundingthe breast of the wearer, and partially fits the breast. The shape ofthe support 500 at least fits a bottom edge of the breast. Preferably,the support 500 extends from the bottom edge of the breast to twolaterals, thus fitting an inner lateral edge and an outer lateral edgeof the breast. The outer lateral here refers to a lateral of the breastclose to the armpit, and the inner lateral refers to an opposite lateralof the breast, i.e., a lateral close to a centre in front of the breast.

Since the breast of the human is not a simple cylindrical, therefore thesupport 500 has a stereoscopic structure. The support 500 has athree-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction,y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system. In otherwords, the support 300 fits a shape of the breast of the wearersimultaneously along x-direction, y-direction and z-direction. Such athree-dimensional structure is such that the support 500 cannot beflattened in a plane.

The support 500 of the supporting bracket 40 includes an inner lateralportion 510, an outer lateral portion 530 and a bottom portion 520connecting the inner lateral portion 510 and the outer lateral portion530. Shapes of the inner lateral portion 510, the outer lateral portion530 and the bottom portion 520 conform to shapes of parts at the innerlateral edge, the outer lateral edge and the bottom edge of the breast,respectively, and thus have three-dimensional structures conforming tocorresponding human body contours, respectively.

The bracket body 400 includes a first portion 410 and a second portion420, respectively located above and below the support 500. The firstportion 410 has a three-dimensional structure conforming to the shape ofthe breast, while the second portion 420 has a three-dimensionalstructure conforming to a part of the body close to the breast. The partof the body close to the breast for example includes a chest part in thevicinity of a breast root, and a part extending from the outer lateralbreast to a vicinity of the armpit.

In the U-shaped shape of the bracket body 400, an outer lateral part ofthe second portion 420 can have a greater width, thus partially coveringand fitting a part of body from the outer lateral breast to a vicinityof the armpit. As such, the supporting bracket 40 can provide a welllateral supporting for the breast.

In this embodiment, the support 500 of the supporting bracket 40 can forexample be a supporting strip formed by a steel ring or by a plasticstrip. Specially, the support 500 is preferably a moulded plastic stripor a moulded metal strip.

Referring to FIG. 4, a pair of supporting bracket 60 for supporting abody (not shown) of a brassiere cup in accordance with a thirdembodiment of the disclosure is illustrated. The supporting bracket 60includes a bracket body 600 and a support 700. The supporting bracket 60is suitable for being connected to the body of the brassiere cup to formthe brassiere cup.

In this embodiment, similarly, the support 700 is of a generallyU-shaped shape partially surrounding parts from a lower edge of thebreast of the wearer to the two laterals, and partially fits the breast.The shape of the support 700 at least fits a part of the breast at abottom edge. Preferably, the support 700 extends from the part of thebreast at the bottom edge to the two laterals, thus fitting parts of thebreast at an inner lateral edge and an outer lateral edge. And, thesupport 700 also has a three-dimensional structure extendingsimultaneously along x-direction, y-direction and z-direction of aCartesian coordinate system, and fits the shape of the breast of thewearer simultaneously along x-direction, y-direction and z-direction.

The support 700 of the supporting bracket 60 includes an inner lateralportion 710, an outer lateral portion 730 and a bottom portion 720connecting the inner lateral portion 710 and the outer lateral portion730. Shapes of the inner lateral portion 710, the outer lateral portion730 and the bottom portion 720 conform to shapes of parts at the innerlateral edge, the outer lateral edge and the bottom edge of the breast,respectively, and thus have three-dimensional structures conforming tocorresponding human body contours, respectively.

The outer lateral portion 730 of the support 700 partially covers andfits a part of the body from the outer lateral breast to a vicinity ofthe armpit, and thus has a three-dimensional structure conforming tosaid part of the body.

Unlike the second embodiment, the support 700 has a three-dimensionalsheet-like structure. The support 700 can for example have a solidsheet-like structure or can also have a webbed sheet-like structure. Incase of a webbed sheet-like structure, the support may include aplurality of lines parallel or at an angle, or include a grid formed bycrossed lines.

The support 700 in this embodiment can have a hardness and rigiditylower than that of a supporting strip, formed by a steel ring or aplastic strip, but simultaneously could provide a well supporting andpacking performance. The support 700 is preferably a moulded plastic netor a moulded plastic sheet.

By a manner of stitching and so on, an upper edge of the bracket body400, 600 of the supporting bracket 40, 60 can be connected to a body(not shown) of a brassiere cup, thus forming the brassiere cup. Then,the brassiere cup is connected to a wing sheet and a connection by amanner of stitching and so on, thus forming a brassiere. Herein, thewing sheet is connected to an outer lateral portion of the brassiere cupand fits around a back of the wearer, and a connection is connected totwo inner lateral portions of the brassiere cup at a median of frontface. Preferably, the brassiere may also include shoulder straps. Theshoulder straps are connected to a top of the brassiere cup, and extendto the back passing a shoulder of the wearer to connect to the wingsheet.

Preferably, the supporting bracket 40, 60 in accordance with thedisclosure has a generally cradle-like structure.

A manufacturing process of the brassiere cup 10 in accordance with thefirst embodiment is described below. Said manufacturing process can alsobe used for manufacturing the supporting bracket 40 in accordance withthe second embodiment and the supporting bracket 60 in accordance withthe third embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 11, an outer pad 201 is provided firstly. The outerpad 201 is a sponge layer made of pure polyurethane sponge, or a spongelayer formed by lamination of pure polyurethane sponge and fabric.

Then, referring to FIG. 12, the outer pad 201 is moulded by using afirst mould. The first mould includes a male die 31 having a pair ofprotrusion 311 and a female die 32 having a pair of hollow 321. Theprotrusion 311 and the hollow 321 have complementary three-dimensionalshapes which conform to a contour of a human breast. When the outer pad201 includes fabric, the fabric is located in a side close to the femaledie 32.

After the molded outer pad 201 is obtained, referring to FIG. 13, abrassiere cup (or a supporting bracket) is moulded by using a secondmould. The second mould includes a male die 41 having a pair ofprotrusion 411 and a female die 42 having a pair of hollow 421. Theprotrusion 411 and the hollow 421 have complementary three-dimensionalshapes which conform to a contour of a human breast.

In this step, an inner pad 202 is provided firstly. Similarly, the innerpad 202 is a sponge layer made of pure polyurethane sponge, or a spongelayer formed by lamination of pure polyurethane sponge and fabric. Whenthe inner pad 202 includes fabric, the fabric is located in a side closeto the male die 41.

The inner pad 202 is placed on a side close to the male die 41, and themoulded outer pad 201 is placed on a side close to the female die 42. Aformable support 203 is placed between the inner pad 202 and the outerpad 201. The male die 41 and the female die 42 is closed together so asto mould the brassiere cup (or the supporting bracket) in a manner oflamination. Thus, a support 203 forms a support, having athree-dimensional structure, inside the brassiere cup (or the supportingbracket), and the thus formed brassiere cup (or the supporting bracket)has a three-dimensional structure extending simultaneously alongx-direction, y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinatesystem. The formable support can for example be strip-like, sheet-likeor webbed plastic or metal.

Since such a support has a hardness and rigidity higher than those ofthe sponge and fabric, therefore it can well support the shape of thebrassiere cup (or the supporting bracket), so that the brassiere cup (orthe supporting bracket) is not easy to deform, and the support thusplays a role of shaping and lifting. On the other hand, since such asupport has a hardness and rigidity far lower than those of a supportingstrip formed by a steel ring or by a plastic strip, therefore it willnot hurt the wearer, and could obtain a better wearing experience.

The invention has been described above with reference to theembodiments, but it should be noted that, the embodiments describedabove are exemplary rather than limiting. Various technical featuresdescribed in the embodiments described above can be arbitrarily combinedand used in the different embodiments in case of not conflicting witheach other. Those skilled in the art can recognize that, various changescan be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention, and these changes should be included in the scope of theinvention.

1. A support of a brassiere cup, the support having a shape partiallysurrounding a breast of a wearer, and having a three-dimensionalstructure extending simultaneously along x-direction, y-direction andz-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
 2. The support accordingto claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional structure of the support atleast covers and fits a bottom part, an outer lateral part and an upperpart of the breast of the wearer, the upper part extending from theouter lateral part to a top of the breast.
 3. The support according toclaim 2, the support comprising an upper portion, a lower portion and aside portion which connects the upper portion and the lower portion,wherein the lower portion fits the bottom part of the breast of thewearer; the side portion fits the outer lateral part of the breast; andthe upper portion fits the upper part extending from the outer lateralpart to the top of the breast, and the upper portion, the lower portionand the side portion have respective three-dimensional structuresconforming to corresponding human body contours, respectively.
 4. Thesupport according to claim 3, wherein the side portion further partiallycovers and fits a portion extending from the outer lateral part of thebreast to a vicinity of an armpit of the wearer.
 5. The supportaccording to claim 4, wherein the width of the side portion of thesupport is greater than the width of the upper portion and than thewidth of the lower portion.
 6. The support according to claim 1, thesupport having a solid sheet-like structure or a webbed sheet-likestructure.
 7. The support according to claim 1, the support being amoulded plastic net or a moulded plastic sheet.
 8. A brassiere cupcomprising a cup body and a support provided inside the cup body, whichis the support according to claim
 1. 9. The brassiere cup according toclaim 8, the brassiere cup comprising a fabric layer and a sponge layer.10. A supporting bracket of a brassiere cup used for supporting a bodyof the brassiere cup, the supporting bracket comprising a support whichhas a shape partially surrounding a breast of a wearer and which has athree-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction,y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
 11. Thesupporting bracket according to claim 10, wherein the three-dimensionalstructure of the support at least fits parts of the breast at a bottomedge, an inner lateral edge and an outer lateral edge of the breast. 12.The supporting bracket according to claim 11, wherein the supportcomprises an inner lateral portion, an outer lateral portion and abottom portion connecting the inner lateral portion and the outerlateral portion, wherein shapes of the inner lateral portion, the outerlateral portion and the bottom portion conform to shapes of the parts atthe inner lateral edge, the outer lateral edge and the bottom edge ofthe breast of the wearer, respectively, and thus have three-dimensionalstructures conforming to corresponding human body contours,respectively.
 13. The supporting bracket according to claim 12, whereinthe support further comprises a bracket body which partially covers andfits a part of the body from the outer lateral breast of the wearer to avicinity of an armpit of the wearer, and thus has a three-dimensionalstructure conforming to said part of the body.
 14. The supportingbracket according to claim 12, wherein the outer lateral portion of thesupport partially covers and fits a part of the body from the outerlateral breast of the wearer to a vicinity of an armpit of the wearer,and thus has a three-dimensional structure conforming to said part ofthe body.
 15. The supporting bracket according to claim 10, wherein thesupport has a strip-like structure, a solid sheet-like structure or awebbed sheet-like structure.
 16. The supporting bracket according toclaim 10, wherein the support is a moulded plastic net, a mouldedplastic sheet, a moulded plastic strip or a moulded metal strip.
 17. Abrassiere cup comprising a cup body and a supporting bracket connectedto the cup body by stitching, which is the supporting bracket accordingto claim
 10. 18. A method for manufacturing a brassiere cup, comprising:providing an outer pad; moulding the outer pad by using a first mould;providing an inner pad and a formable support; placing the inner pad ona side close to a male die of a second mould, placing the moulded outerpad on a side close to a female die of the second mould, and placing theformable support between the inner pad and the outer pad; and closingthe male die and the female die together so as to mould the brassierecup in a manner of lamination, such that the brassiere cup has athree-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction,y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
 19. Themethod according to claim 18, wherein the male die and the female diehave complementary three-dimensional shapes which conform to a contourof a human breast.
 20. The method according to claim 18, wherein theformable support is strip-like, sheet-like or webbed plastic.
 21. Themethod according to claim 18, wherein the outer pad is a sponge layermade of pure polyurethane sponge, or a sponge layer formed by laminationof pure polyurethane sponge and fabric.
 22. The method according toclaim 18, wherein the inner pad is a sponge layer made of purepolyurethane sponge, or a sponge layer formed by lamination of purepolyurethane sponge and fabric.
 23. A method for manufacturing asupporting bracket of a brassiere cup, comprising: providing an outerpad; moulding the outer pad by using a first mould; providing an innerpad and a formable support; placing the inner pad on a side close to amale die of a second mould, placing the moulded outer pad on a sideclose to a female die of the second mould, and placing the formablesupport between the inner pad and the outer pad; and closing the maledie and the female die together so as to mould the supporting bracket ina manner of lamination, such that the supporting bracket has athree-dimensional structure extending simultaneously along x-direction,y-direction and z-direction of a Cartesian coordinate system.
 24. Amethod for manufacturing a brassiere cup, comprising connecting a cupbody to a supporting bracket, which is obtained by the method accordingto claim 23, by stitching.